US 12,378,476 B2
Method for pyrolysing plastic material and a system therefor
Patrick Dunphy, London (GB); Christopher Strivens, London (GB); Andres Yabrudy, London (GB); and David McNamara, London (GB)
Assigned to Plastic Energy Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/787,695
Filed by Plastic Energy Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/053304
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/123822, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1919022.2 (GB), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020918 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. C10B 53/07 (2006.01); C08J 11/12 (2006.01); C10B 47/18 (2006.01)
CPC C10B 53/07 (2013.01) [C08J 11/12 (2013.01); C10B 47/18 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1003 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for pyrolysing plastic material, the method comprising:
heating and densifying plastic material;
transporting the plastic material to two or more reactors, wherein the heated plastic material is fed to only one reactor at a time using a plurality of interlocked valves;
pyrolysing the plastic material in the two or more reactors; and
maintaining the plastic material in a heated state during the transporting.